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and is one of only eight of its kind currently funded by the NCI (competitive renewal in 2010). This program, which has been continuously funded by the NCI for 41 years, provides a unique eight-week research experience for New Jersey Medical School's first and second-year medical students as well as undergraduate students enrolled in our combined BS/MD seven-year program. This year 21 medical students and one undergraduate participated in biomedical research activities in both laboratory and clinical settings at either the NJMS-UH Cancer Center, or the broader cancer center research community on the Newark Campus, while developing a close working relationship with their faculty mentors. The administration of the summer program is focused at the Cancer Center where it is a part of the center's broader training mission in cancer education for both PhD and MD scientists. The Program Directors, Drs. Ozer and Mahon, and the Program Coordinator, Ms. Lorie-Anne Philips, expanded the program to include student attendance at the NJMS-UH Cancer Center multidisciplinary tumor boards, a workshop on scientific poster presentation, and an on-line survey used to evaluate the program. All students were required to present their research at a poster session during the concluding symposium, one of the program highlights. Movie clips of these presentations, as well as other information about the program, are available for viewing at the New Jersey Medical School website under the NJMS on iTunes tab at the following URL: No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any form without prior written permission of the editor, student author and faculty sponsor ii FACULTY EXECUTIVE ADVISORY COMMITTEE The faculty executive advisory committee is responsible for carefully reviewing and selecting the projects submitted by faculty, as well as reviewing the structure of the forthcoming Cancer Summer Program. We appreciate the time they took out of their busy schedules to evaluate the program and help make it a success. While the Cancer Center building currently houses 14 laboratories, the broader Cancer Center Community (CCC) is composed of 92 investigators from several departments of the NJMS, the New Jersey Dental School and the School of Public Health. It is a truly interdisciplinary and interdepartmental group that embraces research enterprises extending from basic science programs in tumor immunology, signal transduction, cancer stem cells, tumor virology, cell biology, animal models, and imaging, to health disparities and clinical trials. The faculty mentors that participate in this program …